Betty White Biography

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Name : Betty White
Date of birth : 17 January 1922
Place of birth : Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Birth name : Betty Marion White
Height : 5' 4


Actress Betty White got her start in local Los Angeles television as the "telephone girl" for video emcee Al Jarvis. By early 1950 she was one of the stars of the daily, five-hour series Hollywood on Television. One of the highlights of this program was a husband and wife sketch titled "Life With Elizabeth," which when committed to film and syndicated nationally in 1953 became White's first starring TV sitcom. She went on to headline her own network variety series in 1954, then co-starred with Bill Williams in the weekly TV domestic comedy Date With the Angels (1957), which without Williams was retitled The Betty White Show in early 1958.
For the next 15 years she made guest appearances on various variety and quiz show efforts, and toured the straw-hat theatrical circuit in such plays as +Critics Choice and +Who Was That Lady, often appearing opposite her husband, TV personality Allen Ludden. Two years after hosting the 1971 syndicated informational series The Pet Set, she guest-starred as libidinous "Happy Homemaker" Sue Ann Nivens on the fourth season opener of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. This Emmy-winning episode led to White being cast as an MTM regular; she remained with the series until its final episode in 1977. She then starred on her own short-lived sitcom (again titled The Betty White Show) before returning to the guest-star circuit. In 1985, she joined the cast of TV's The Golden Girls as middle-aged grief counselor Rose Nyland. This top-rated program lasted seven seasons before metamorphosing into the rather less successful Golden Palace (1992). White was a regular on the 1995 series Maybe This Time, and in 1997 she won an Emmy for her one-shot appearance on The John Laroquette Show. Though she has starred and co-starred in several made-for-TV movies, Betty White had appeared on the big screen only once, as a Margaret Chase Smith-like senator in Otto Preminger's Advise and Consent (1962). Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Filmography

Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portraits Series ( 2005 )

Return To The Batcave: The Misadventures Of Adam And Burt ( 2005 )

Stealing Christmas ( 2004 )

Bringing Down the House ( 2003 )

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale ( 2000 )

The Story of Us ( 1999 )

Lake Placid ( 1999 )

Holy Man ( 1998 )

Hard Rain ( 1998 )

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again ( 1998 )

The Story of Santa Claus ( 1996 )

A Weekend in the Country ( 1996 )

AWARD'S

Emmy
Year : 2004
Category : Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
For : "The Practice"
Nominated

Emmy
Year : 2003
Category : Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
For : "Yes, Dear"
Nominated

American Comedy Award
Year : 2000
Category : Funniest Female Guest Appearance in a TV Series
For : "Ally McBeal"
Won

Emmy
Year : 1996
Category : Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
For : "The John Larroquette Show"
Won

Emmy
Year : 1992
Category : Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
For : "The Golden Girls"
Nominated

Emmy
Year : 1991
Category : Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
For : "The Golden Girls"
Nominated

Golden Globe
Year : 1989
Category : Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
For : "The Golden Girls"
Nominated

Q Award
Year : 1988
Category : Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series
For : "The Golden Girls"
Won

American Comedy Award
Year : 1987
Category : Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication
For : "The Golden Girls"
Won

Emmy
Year : 1987
Category : Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
For : "The Golden Girls"
Nominated

Q Award
Year : 1987
Category : Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series
For : "The Golden Girls"
Won

Emmy
Year : 1986
Category : Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
For : "The Golden Girls"
Won

Golden Apple
Year : 1986
Category : Female Star of the Year
Won

Emmy
Year : 1976
Category : Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
For : "Mary Tyler Moore"
Won

Emmy
Year : 1975
Category : Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
For : "Mary Tyler Moore"
Won